. >> this hackathon happened because alex corey e-mailed 50 friends who were frustrated by the education vision of we would have this huge event with over a thousand people. >> and you got this. >> and we kdid. >> we had people fly in from india, from singapore, from kuala lumpur, from all over the world because they were so frustrated and so fed up and said finally, a chance for me to actually express my ideas. a chance for me to actually build and do something about these issues that i see. >> what he sees is something that both the left and right complain about. >> our educational system has failed our children. >> this is the fight we have to win for our kids. >> for years, politicians promised to fix education. >> we're going to cut out unnecessary forms, applications, red tape. >> when that dream disappeared, ronald reagan promised. >> the national campaign to restore excellence in american education. >> when students still performed miserably, another president promised -- >> no child will be left behind. >> but billions in top-down tax dollars accomplished nothing. >> there's a l